Finish "git annex watch" command, which runs, in the background, watching via inotify for changes, and automatically annexing new files, etc.

There is a watch branch in git that adds such a command, although currently it only handles adding new files, and nothing else. To make this really useful, it needs to:

  • notice deleted files and stage the deletion (tricky; there's a race with add..)
  • notice renamed files, auto-fix the symlink, and stage the new file location
  • periodically auto-commit staged changes (avoid autocommitting when lots of changes are coming in)
  • tunable delays before adding new files, etc
  • honor .gitignore, not adding files it excludesa

Also to do:

  • Support OSes other than Linux; it only uses inotify currently. OSX and FreeBSD use the same mechanism, and there is a Haskell interface for it,
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